dummyhuey's reviews
59 reviews

The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love by bell hooks

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

Washington: The Indispensable Man by James Thomas Flexner

slow-paced

1.75

Jesus christ

The Politics of Dispossession: The Struggle for Palestinian Self-Determination, 1969-1994 by Edward W. Said

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

King Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

Informative history, but just set the afterward on fire once the last chapter concludes.

Moon Witch, Spider King by Marlon James

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Angela Davis: An Autobiography by Angela Y. Davis

adventurous emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

A Billion Black Anthropocenes or None by Kathryn Yusoff
Did not finish book. Stopped at 25%.

Was doing summer classes

Women, Race, & Class by Angela Y. Davis

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Who Cooked the Last Supper?: The Women's History of the World by Rosalind Miles
Did not finish book. Stopped at 62%.

Was a loaned copy

Everfair by Nisi Shawl

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

It’s a brilliant flicker of promise that leaves quite a bit to be imagined by the reader. I would highly recommend just for the novelty of exploring Everfair and charting it’s inhabitants and “founders.” However, the narrative tends to skip and whirl at quite a sketchy pace at moments. Not enough details and movements between paragraphs may ask the reader to fill in the gaps.